Played 21 single table sit and goes at $1065 buy inn and had 3($4500) win 4 seconds($2500) and 4 thirds($1800)

Also played 5 2 table sit and goes at $1065 each but had no results there, a good day won around $4000 for the day was losing about $5000 at one stage. The swings are not as big as I thought paying a lot of rake over the last two days I have paid $3500 in rake. That is one reason I wish that pokerchamps.com got bigger and offered these tournaments I would be getting 50% back there.

Been up all night tonight playing played 18 $1065 single table tournies and won $1685 for those and played 11 2 table sit and goes at $1065 and won 3 for a net pay out of $27,000 pretty good day very tired but this is great all decent players can make money bank roll is the key though and you need to have about 70k to play these 1k tournies . My biggest swing down so far is 8k so that is very good so far I have played over 100 altogether now welcome to talk to me online my nick on party is (adrtho)

Reflecting on my trip to Las Vegas, the trip was great I was in a fantastic position and if I get in that sopt again I am sure I will do better. First time ever I led a WPT event after day one I think it will not be the last, I felt that I learned a lot especially from Daniel great guy and nice to see him win and dominate the tournament from the start, what a poker player this guy is!!

Back home in Vilnius, Lithuania I am spending time with my two daughters 3 and 5 Melisa and Eve. And playing online poker at partypoker since they have the $1065 2 table sit and go tournaments running around the clock first pays $9000 and fourth $2400 Have played 50 of these tournamnets in the last week adn I am winning $40,000 my nick at partypoker is (adrtho) Last night I also played a satelite to the LA WPT event in February and won it amazing I played that at poker champs my nick at pokerchamps is (wraptduck) Petty the software is slow there and you dont see your opponents cards when you go all inn atherwise it would be a great site, they have the best deal for the pro-player with there rake back system.

Hope all are enjoying xmas and I wish everyone a great 2005

Things did not go my way I lost with AK vs AQ and was out. Was playing a lot with Phil Helmut and Howard Lederer all day just could not get it together went out with the best hand I had all day nothing on the flop untill the Q hit the turn and I was in trouble.
I did not play great today although I would probably play the same again, when ther was 51 players left one from the money I had 340,000 in chips well above average and I decided that this was my time to try to make a move and play lots of hands and get bluffs going, So I pick up 9-4 off suit on the button with an Indian guy limping under the gun I deceide to call 3,000 big blind flop comes K10 8 not much help si it gets check to me and I bet 10,000 both call ok they are weak I will get tehm out on the turn the turn brings an A great card to bluff on again tehy check to me now I bet 50,000 one folds and the limper goes all inn for another 10,000 in a 150,000 pot I can not call it since I have no pair no draw looks bad but that is the way I play I am always likely not to have a hand He shows me AQ oh well should have bet more on the flop and it was mine.

I had a grat touranamnet and picked up $21,700 I ma sure I can do better next time, I love this game!!

Here is the full list of leaders after Day 1 at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Here is the full list of leaders after Day 2 at he Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Good luck Tony!

I had Ron Rose on my table today and I was thinking about how I will get him all morning I really did want to see him out and I was desperate to knock him out. It is not that he is a bad guy I just dont like people who tell me things that are not true its a personal matter.
Well I did te job with K5 against Ron”s KQ suited a board that read K57 saw Ron put all his chips inn and he didnt imrpve his hand.

So I get up to 300,000 early on in the day and have the clear lead in the tournament, nice position to be inn. I managed to lose chips by making untimely moves that did not work and was back down to 190,000 here coem my brake!
Our table brakes and I get moved to Phil Helmuts table I annouce that I am taking him on in every pot he plays and that I hope to bust him he has about 250,000 when I arrive I understand wher he does in the game and have a startegy to counter his play. I got involved in many pots and in one very big one around 200,000 he oveerplayed hi pocket JJ with a board showing K933 he bet big thinking that he has the best hand I called the rives cam an A and we both checked I took the pot with KQ he was not happy but I managed to play really well against him all day and end up with 358,000 on chips. Big day tommorrow watch out everyone!!

Chip leader Tony G I love this, 224,500 what a day I can tell you that AA is overtaed I lost 2 pots with them ealry and tehn won a very big one so that made me 1-3 with AA on the day. Just shows you that you do not need then to win major events more important is to make correct decissions when it counts.I had a really good day today with many many pots that I was able to steal and re-steal, I did make 2 bad calls though and some really bad plays but must have done something well to be the leader on day one. It all counts tommorrow.

Well when you are running bad you also play bad, and I did that today in a big way. I dont play this game well anyhow but today I was inpatient and wanted to win too early. Lasted 2 rounds and was in a decent position with 3600 just on level 3 but then manged to lose all my chips in 20 minutes playing 150-300.

Late I played a satelite and had sseveral intersting hands with T.J Cloutier he called me with 78 when I made a big move I couldnt work it out as he must have known that at best he is 40-60% sure enough he won the pot I got him back later as my Q2 beat his Q7 when I made another move on my big blind, I started to enjoy the game but right now things are not running well and I busted out with 12 players remaining.

I started well today and had 7000 in chips early we got 4000 to play with okey hand early was A10 that i held on the button and took down a big pot vs KQ with a board showing 10 6 7 10 K

Later I got moved to anew table where David Williams was playing he has won $4,000,000 that 4 million dollars this year in tournament winnings, he is a really nice guy and even said that he will write some poker articles and give tehm to me to post here.

I got knocked out with AK vs 99 all in. had about 4500 at that time.

Well to day was a shocker played really bad and neer got into the game. Ended up going out with 66 vs 10 10 right on level 3 lasted 2 hrs only today. Earlier I player a 34s and won a good pot but made many mistakes sometmes things can go like this, later I played a satelite and lot with the worst hand again i held K6 vs KJ with a K on the board, not having a great trip right now but it can change.

Will play no limit texas holdem next with $2000 buy inn